Intel Leadership Forum(v3.6)

Essential Question:

How can educational leaders support teacher effectiveness to improve student achievement?

Getting Started (30 minutes) (see pages vi-xi)

• Activity 1: Introductions
  • **Please sign-in and add your contact information**
  • __**Google Survey**__
  • Google survey results
• Activity 2: Essential Question and Goals (see pagei x)
• Activity 4: Previewing the Action Plan(page xi)
  • Action Plan Template (also on-line and on CD) sea Appendix C.01-C.04 [[f/Action_Plan_Template.doc|Action_Plan_Template.doc]]
  • Support Websites:
    • Evaluating Professional Development: An Approach to Verifying Program Impact on Teachers and Students:
      • http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/research/shaha.pdf
    • Research Points: Essential Information for Education Policy
      • http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Research_Points/RPSummer05.pdf

Module 1: Examining Leadership Behaviours and Standards (70 minutes)

• Activity 1: ISTE Standards [[f/NETSA_Standards.pdf|NETSA_Standards.pdf]]
• Activity 2: Learning Through Ranking (see pages 1.01-1.07)
  • __**Visual Ranking Tool**__ - Demo
  • __**Visual Ranking Log-in for Students/Participants**__
• Activity 3: Understanding Standards for Administrators (see pages 1.08-1.11)
  • Step 1: Review ISTE NETS-A
  • Step 2: Essentials Conditions Checklist: [[f/NETS-A_Essential_Conditions_Activity_Template.doc|NETS-A_Essential_Conditions_Activity_Template.doc]]
• Activity 4: Effectively Leveraging Technology (see page 1.12)
  • Step 1: Reviewing the Questions
    • How can you shift priorities and time to support integration of technology into instruction?
    • What evidence will you accept that integration is occurring, keeping in mind that use and integration are separate?
    • What helps a leader move to higher levels of comfort and knowledge relative to technology integration?
  • Step 2: Discussing the Questions (Group Discussions and Sharing)
    • **Google worksheet _Select this link to access the worksheet**
    • View Results as a web page - http://tinyurl.com/ybhhfev
• Activity 5: (Optional): Revisiting Your Ranking - Revise you rankings based on your discussions in activities 3 and 4 above

Module 2: Exploring Best Practices (60 minutes)

• Activity 1: Understanding the Intel Teach Program - http://www.intel.com/education/- (see pages 2.02-2.03)
  • Overview of Programs
  • Program Research
• Activity 2: Reviewing Available Resources - review resources on CD (see page 2.02)
• Activity 3: Exploring Web Resources for Technology Integration (35 minutes)
  • Step 1: Intel Education Web Site (see pages 2.03-2.07)
    • Intel Education Site - http://www.intel.com/teachers
      • Intel Education Program - http://www.intel.com/intel/education
      • Intel Teach Programs - http://www.intel.com/education/teach
      • Intel Free Teaching Tools - http://www.intel.com/education/tools
      • Intel® Education Competitions -http://www.intel.com/education/competitions
      • Education Beyond Classrooms - http://www.intel.com/education/communityed
• Exploring Highlighted Resources
  • Step 2: Innovation Odyssey - http://educate.intel.com/odyssey (see pages 2.07-2.09)
  • Step 3: Designing Effective Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/Projectdesign (see pages 2.09-2.12)
    • 21st Century Skills Framework (see page 2:11) - http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
    • [[f/21st_Century_Skills.pdf|21st_Century_Skills.pdf]] - a good overview of 21st Century Skills
  • Step 4: Assessing Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/ (see pages 2.12-2.13)

Module 3: Introducing Web 2.0 and New Technologies (50 minutes)

• Activity 1: Understanding Web 2.0 (see pages 3.01-3.04) (15 minutes)
  • What is Web 2.0?
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0
    • Some Web 2.0 sites and applications
      • [[f/LFCollaboration_Tools.doc|LFCollaboration_Tools.doc]] - This is available on the CD
      • Forum Web2-0 Sites - This page is also available on the CD
  • Blogs (see page 3.02)
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs
    • More Information
      • Blogging: It's Elementary, My Dear Watson
      • Blogging Basics: Creating Student Journals on the Web
  • Wikis (see page 3.03)
    • Using Wikis in Education
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis
  • Collaborative Web Sites ( see page 3.03)
    • More Information
      • A Paradigm Shift for School Software
      • Type and Travel: Web-based Word Processors
  • Social Bookmarking
    • http://www.diigo.com/
    • http://delicious.com/
  • Media Storage and Sharing Sites
    • http://www.flickr.com/
    • http://picasa.google.com/
  • Podcasts
    • http://www.epnweb.org/
• Activity 2: Learning from Current Practitioners (15 minutes)
  • Meriwether Lewis Elementary - http://lewiselementary.org/
  • The Flushing International High School - http://flushinginternational.org/
  • Teachers Teaching Teachers - http://teachersteachingteachers.org/
    • How do the web sites compare to what is currently in place in your school or district?
    • How might Web 2.0 technologies impact your school or district?
    • What Challenges might you face as a leader promoting Web 2.0 technologies?
• Activity 3: Exploring Web 2.0 Tools (see page 3.06) (20 minutes)
  • Web 2.0 in Your School Worksheet http://tinyurl.com/ydtqry9
  • * Thinking about the various Web 2.0 "tools" and new technologies we explored in this module discuss how they might support you and your schools.
  • The following are additional resources that you may want to explore.
    • Recommended Applications to explore - these are "targeted" applications for exploration
    • Web2-0 - This page contains a number of links to explore including the "top ten" free Web 2.0 tools teachers are using.
    • Professional Development Sites - a few sites with some professional ideas and resources (some district samples included)
    • A History of Web 2.0 and Digital Natives - an interactive timeline that includes training videos on a number of Web 2.0 "tool

Module 4: Developing Your Plan of Action (30 minutes)

• Activity 1: Creating Your Action Plan
• Activity 2: Sharing Your Action Plan
• Activity 3: Concluding the Forum
• Activity 4: Evaluating Your Forum Experience**
  • **PL Evaluation**